• On Christmas morning, Mama, who is an alcoholic, gives her children glue to sniff to stave off their hunger pangs until Maisha comes home, hopefully bringing food.
• The children beg in the streets for money, with the exception of Maisha since she now prostitutes.

• Maisha settles the family's debts with neighbors and Maman is pleased.

• Months before, Jigana spent some time with Maisha on the streets and she tells him that she is thinking about joining a brothel which means she would have to move away.